Boat.



H. B. JOYCE.

BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE so, 1913.

1, l 20,620. Patented Deo. 8, i914.

n vanter UNITED STA'IESl PATENT OF HANsoN B. JoYcE, or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. i j

BOAT.

Specicaton o1' Letters Patent.

Appiicatinn mea :une ao, 1913. seriai No. 776,612.

T o aZZu-zom it may concern: l

Be it known that I HANsoN B. JOYCE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of cattle, in the county of King and State .o\ lVashington, have invented certain new miti useful Im-, proveinents in Boats, of which the following is a specification;

My invention relates to structures of the above type and it has for its primary object the provision of meansfadapted for increasing the safety of water navigation in such crafts.

Other objects will appear as my description progresses and those features of construction, arrangements and combinations of parts ,on which I desire protection succinctly defined in the annexed claims.

For a full understanding of my invention reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a boat with the hoisting members embodying my invention engaging the same, parts of the boat being broken away. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the boat with parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of a plurality of nested boats with a hoisting member engaging the uppermost, and Fig. 4 is a perspective of one of the cans or cases.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the boat body, which I have shown in the form of a dory for convenience, the frame members thereof comprising the 'floor members 2 and rib sections 3 joined to the Hoor members and reinforced' by channel members 4. The free end portions of the rib sections are beveled, as at 3, to afford a neat finish and to diminish'the width of the gunwales. The ribs and floor members are of suiiicient depth to form pockets therebetween for the reception of removable air-tight cans or cases 5 whichlare retained from dislodgment by securing or batten strips 6, 6 tem.

porarily fastened to saidl ribs or iioor members, dependent'u'pon the location of the cans. The strips'l are of sufficient width to substantially cover the cases and are hingedly mounted -over the keelson 7 which is centrally disposed'. On each side of the latter is arranged' a ,longitudinal member 7 of less depth than the keelson 7 whereby the interposed c'ns may easily be removed while transverse unauthorized movement'of thelatter is obviated. Each compartment is provided with a capped opening 5 for testing or other purposes. The channel members 4 are seated 'in cut-outs in the frame members to lie flush with the latter whereby additional plates 4 may be secured to the frame members over said channel members for further reinforcement of the former. The seats 8 engage in suitable cut-outs 8 provided in one of the battens 6 on each side of the boat and may be provided with releasable fasteners 9 whereby the seats may be removed for the purpose of nesting the boats, as on the deck of a vessel. Braces 9 are pivoted to the longitudinal members T to serve as central supports for the seats, said braces folding down beside said longitudinal members when the seats are removed.

To the stern 1 of the boat, a brace frame 10 is swingingly mounted which is retained against the stern by a fastener-1l when not in use, and adapted to swing outwardly therefrom for bracing and supporting an adjustable and detachable motor 12. Y

A plurality of hook members 13 are mounted on the ribs on the opposite sides of the boats for engagement by self-releasable hoisting members 14, which I have conveniently shown as triangular in shape and having oppositely extending terminals to engage beneath said hook members. By this arrangement the boats may be moved about, as by bridle 15 of a derrick, and automatically released When deposited. Furthermore, by engaging the hoisting members 14 on the opposite sides of the boat the latter 'will be free from any tilting which is usual when the boat is supported at the ends of the latter or from the bottom thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States .of America, is i Patented Dee-8,1914. f

1. In a device of the character described, l

2. Infa device of the character described, in combination, a plurality of frames suspended from a holstingA means at a point `intermediate the frames when in an opera'.

5 tive position, each frame vhaving oppositely disposed fixed boatvengaging partsf" and a boat having means vlfacin the point of sus- Eension and adaptedljto e engaged by the oat engaging partsof the frames, the latter-'being releasable from the-means o'n the 10 boat on lmoving the point of suspension toward the latter.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 19th day of June, 1913.

HANSON B. JOYCE. Witnesses:

H. E. MEYER, I. M. ASKREN. 

